{{short description|Genus of hemichordates in the pterobranchian class}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = |genus = Atubaria |species = heterolopha |grandparent_authority = Benito, 1982 |parent_authority = Sato, 1936 |authority = Sato, 1936 |synonyms = }}

'''''Atubaria heterolopha''''' is a species of hemichordates in the monotypic genus '''''Atubaria''''' and in the monotypic family '''Atubaridae'''. This taxon belongs to the pterobranchian order Cephalodiscida. It was described by Tadao Sato in 1936<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sato |first=Tadao |year=1936 |title=Vorläufige Mitteilung über ''Atubaria heterolopha'' gen. nov. sp. nov., einen in freiem Zustand aufgefundenen Pterobranchier aus dem Stillen Ozean |journal=Zoologischer Anzeiger |volume=115 |pages=97–106 }}</ref> from specimens found feeding on a colony of the hydrozoan ''Dycoryne conferta'' in Sagami Bay, Japan.<ref name= Maletzgp>{{cite book|last=Maletz|first=Jörg|title=Graptolite Paleobiology|year=2017|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|url=https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Graptolite+Paleobiology-p-9781118515617|isbn=9781118515617}}</ref>

== Description == The characteristics of this pterobranch species include a 1–5&nbsp;mm long zooid, a collar with four pairs of tentaculated arms, a single pair of pharyngeal slits, and a solitary and sedentary behaviour.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kotpal R. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JuuWlZ7Llb8C&pg=PA871 |title=Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates |date=2012 |publisher=Rastogi Publications |isbn=978-81-7133-903-7 |language=en }}</ref> It closely resembles ''Cephalodiscus'' members.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Halanych |first=K. M. |date=1996-02-01 |title=Convergence in the Feeding Apparatuses of Lophophorates and Pterobranch Hemichordates Revealed by 18S rDNA: An Interpretation |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1542669 |journal=The Biological Bulletin |volume=190 |issue=1 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.2307/1542669 |jstor=1542669 |pmid=29244547 |issn=0006-3185|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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Category:Pterobranchia Category:Animals described in 1936